decollatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dēcollātĭo,

a beheading , Paul. Sent. 5, 17, 3: τραχηλοκοπία, κεφαλῆς ἀποτομή, Vet. Gloss. ( = capitis amputatio, Dig. 48, 19, 28), from